New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-25
YALE WINS THE PENNANT.
THE HARVARD TEAM BEATEN BY SEVEN.
TEEN TO EIGHT
FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE AT THE POLO GRouyps
TO SEE THE GREAT FOOTBALL GAME-vINE
PLAYING ON BOTH srDEs-DErAus


OF THE GAME.
Yale won the great football match with Harvard
yesterday after hard ussle, ccapturing at the same
championship Pc nnant which time the she lost I'm tho
memorable Princeton game Of 1885. The score seven
teen points to eight scarcely shows the closencss and
In srtanty of tn, struggle. For Yale's last goal,
counting six points, kicked Just the OF tho
fight, and one OF Iarvards touchdowns courtng four
points, was ruled out because time called in tho
first half after the ball had been carried across the
goal line, but before It could be touched to tho
ground Till within five minutes Of the finish, in fact,
the game was anybody's. Then Wurtemburg tho
Yale half back, made brilliant dash from the middle
OF the field zgzagging through and by the hole Hsr
ward team and landing safely Just the line at
tho far corner il was the most brilliant of tho
year, and Bulls kick of the difficult goal clinchcd tho
victory Yale had fairly earned. The winning score
was made by goal from the field and goals from
touch-down Harvard had one goal from touch
down and one safety touch down to her credit
Yesterdays game had long promised TO be- the hot
test and best contested of the and the fact
that the two rival teams tied ur the champion
ship drew to the Polo Grounds nearly every in
York who has ever been within haing distance
OF college diploma Veterans from fifty down
crowded the grand stand and flowed over on tho
bleaching boards, sandwched between farer partlsans
some with little blue rosettcs and ribbons, Others
with crimson Governor Hill sat In a box and saw
the sport So did many other notables
Colleglans from every OF learning along tho
scaboard out In force with their peculiar coors
and war cries. Two big delegations from Wesleyan
and the University Of Pennsy anla, stu hoase from
cheering tho "slugging match between their own
teams in tho morning, divided R two hostile
camps again, the Pennsylvania men shouting for lfar-
ward and the stalwart disciples Of John Wesley for
the more orthodox college at New Haven Princeton,
Columbia, Brown and Trinity, all had representa-
tives on the open seats down among tho mob
packed In between the ropes and the cinder path
The two rival colleges themselves seemed emptied
upon the roofs of tho Tally hos drawn up around tho
field. There solid line of rcd and blue
coaches from the clubhouse to the Fifth-ave n
franco, alive with flags and bunting. The cnhusi-
asts on top spent the time they weren't cheering In
blowing tin horns and the din something llke
that Of a Fellows ratification meeting Even tho
toboggan slides against the sixth-avc. banks wero
crowded to the top Spectators poured In till tho
game was nearly over and the turnstiles must have
registered over $1,000 ticket holders
LUcKIER WEATHER THAN LAST SATURDAY.
The day was Just cold enough for sharp playing,
but there was no frost in the turf make II hard
In one place and 10 ano her The pools I'm which
the Yale and Princeton players wallowcd last satui-
day had disappeared and the ground In primo
condition for fast running. The sky cOuded
over and few drops OF rain fell the end
OF the second half, but not enough to dash tho
pleasure Of perfect afternoons sport. 80
better football game, certainly,
from tie start and the play crs all merile.
but few ialrcr, tempered repui abba
matches have been seen IN the interco gate series.
ono Harvard Ran disqualified for letting his hso
sip, AM twO men retired with ulh.ng bruises. Bur
there was no hint Of puglsn about the game, AMI
tho brutal element was Tcducol to a minimum. Iar-
wards play was Vigorous and often brilliant, though
weak 10" and then in team work. While laie's,
though defensive chiefly, was, usual, cl Of pro-
ci>On and accuracy.
The gamc was Won by tho Now Haven c,cvenis
clevcscr strategy and sharper training. ne tsai-
bridge hatbacK, were Lar,ler runners ana stouier
tachIcr' than tie wlIaycn ones, and the Harvard
rushlinc stood up against Yalc's heavy wcigits al
mitab.y. But IN La.dlLg the bali and in t.cAIins
there vas sometimes ack iu, giLcmt AID concert.
In one case old trick pIayel by Corbin, to
lal, middle ruth, an the IIa d,d not recover
from thclt surprise III the biS man tlr oaI
line and had scored Touchdown. toibn Instead II
swapping Tie bah bac. Bccchcr darted forward with
it, slipping through the Harvard linz, u ru,hers
pushed 10; ard, and after that there wa, Eoboy TO
stop HIM There Is material in The Cambridge eiryen
for better al-rOun! team, perhaps, tan lac,. BGo
the Ne" li1Ven college has long been training school
for expert foot bal! pas cr, whilc a, Harvard until his
year the game las been somewhat Ii elected and IN
disrcpute.
illc too. playol a kicking game, generally mors
ehectua one and iIaryapi stuck 10 the running and
dodging one. In the Harvard Princeton game. Il Is
sad, the ball was actually ched but once Yesterday
=
dozen puats. iaie. however, repeatedly
sent the bah back Bull FOR kce
to ground. when the Harvard haifbacAs wen,
pressing too closely. IO punt lose bail,
but II gained more grOunl than could be male up by
half dozen rusics. And Capt ain Bccchcr's men,
keeping trsh by fighting the defensive. we're a5lo
to rush hard when the uuie came. Tie Yae A-I.-
backs tried running occasionally, but excepting Wuc-
cmburg's hnc sprint, 10 FONTS Wor scored by thai
method.
SOME PRETTY INDIVIDUAL PLAYS.
In full OF eli st, hard Gghting!es pora dasAes
and neat tachins, few plays can be singled Bnll
made the first tally for Yale by sending the leather
the bar from ont near the twenty five yard ias,
The Yale rush line gave him good chance st! it
a crcdtabc play. His goal fIom Cotbin's touchdown
easily, and the final one, from Wuncmsurg's
hitting the bull eye at Crccdmoor at the thoGssnd
long and never WINGED under the tacLing
of the heavy Yale ushcr,. and SAKE, who came Ia a.
Two minutes before the game ended the crowd
swoopcd down the field, bolrng ont the turf entire
Wcro called on to tight back the inruders When timo
was sailed The PLAYERS WEI We're s~ao~cd mp ana al hos
captain Bccchcr hghon the shoulders of hi, admirers
carried away in wcildcScrScd triumph
IHE TEAMS COME ON THE FIELD.
As the hour for the game, . o'clock, drew nearer
the excitement grew intense. A few minutes
before o'clock the uproar was dcafenng tho IIar-
ward men out of their quarters and marched to
heir end of the field They were line stalW art lOOk
ing set second later the appearance Of the
Yale men let pandemonium loose, a. they trotted to
thclr end Yale had the Kickoff, and after few pro-
minary skrmlshes both sides prepared for the great
battle. Referee j. NJ. Hancock of Princeton held tho
ball in his hands and calmly waited for his watch to
Indicate o'clock Umpire Alfred Bahcr, Princeton
e3, moved over to position from where he could
spot slugging" and then the two eleyens took their
positions They were arranged as follows:
Yale. tp"ttoH" Hdrrdrd.
Rusher. CumAock
Cil Rusher. WoOman
Car kusher- w WOod (CaptAnl
kusher. Markoo
Ru usher Afford
.Rusher Butter
Pratt Rusher. Bancrott
Ieecher Quarter Back Harding